Writing-desk appendage



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E. LEMBERGER.

' WRITING DESK APPENDAGE.

No. 387,082. Patented July 31,1888.

Win05 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD LEMBERGER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

WRITING-DESK APPENDAGE.

fiPECIFIG'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,082, dated July31, 1888.

Application filed April 30, 1888. Serial No. 272,382.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD LEMBERGER, a resident of the city of Toledo,in the county of Lucas, State of Ohio, and a citizen of the UnitedStates, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovementinWVriting-Desk Appendages; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersto make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which formpart of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient, inexpensive, anddurable receptacle for a sponge, a wiping-cloth, and pen holders,pencils, &c., which can be attached to a desk or table in a manner to bemoved beneath the top of the same when not in use, or to swing frombeneath the table when desired.

The invention consists in forming from a single wire a three-partreceptacle for a spongecup, a horizontally-coiled cylinder, and adepending receptacle for pen-holders, pencils, eraser-s, 80c.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is aside elevation of a complete device,showing also in elevation the sponge-cup removed from the receptacle.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the complete device.

In constructing the device thereis employed a piece of wire ofsuliicient length to form three coils, the wire being doubled at the center, forming an opening, J, through which a screw, G, is passed, and isscrewed into the under side of the top portion of the desk or table,thereby not only holding the device in proper position, but acting as apivot upon which it may be turned. From the central bend the two wiresare extended horizontally, each being bent in semicircular form to forma circle, I), (Fig. 2,) of a size corresponding to the coil to be formedbeneath the same. At the point at which the semicircular portions meetthe outer wire is formed into a horizontal coil, E, whereby acylindrical space, 13, is formed for the reception of a wiping-cloth.The wire is then turned from (No model.)

the last inner coil and is carried beneath circle D, at which point itis coiled preferably in the form of an inverted cone, a, of a size toaccommodate a receptacle, H, for a sponge. The inner wire is extended tothe outer side of the circle D, at which point it is formed into a coil,O, having a bottom, K, secured thereto, by which means a receptacle, F,is formed for pencils, pen-holders, &c.

The device thus constructed is attached to the under side of the top ofa desk or table, and can be moved under or from beneath the same, screwG acting as a pivot upon which it turns.

It will be seen that the device is inexpeir sive, convenient, and easilyattached to any desk or table. v

, What I clai m,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described appendage to a desk, consisting of two dependingcoils and one horizontal coil, in combination with a spongereceptaclecontained within one of the depending coils, as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The hereindescribed appendage to a desk,comprising a vertical coiland a horizontal coil formed of one portion of a length of Wire, withthe remaining portion of wire formed into a depending coil having aclosed end, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In an appendage to a desk, a depending coil of wire adapted to bepivotally attached to the same, in combination with a sponge-receptaclefitted within the coil, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The herein-described three-part receptaole, formed of a single pieceof wire and comprising a loop for the reception of a pivotscrew, adepending coil provided with a receptacle, a horizontal coil, and adepending coil having a closed lower end, as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD LEMBERGER.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD HnRsKovrrs, SAMUEL BRENNWASSER.

